Purpose of the Role:
This post along with the other Paediatric Emergency Medicine consultants will facilitate appropriate responsive consultant presence to ensure appropriate safe patient care within the Emergency and Urgent Care departments.
The new model of care will deliver on the vision of the National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services (2016), for the delivery of safe and appropriate care to paediatric patients, as close to home as possible so that children and young people with urgent care needs get the right advice at the right place, first time.
Within the Emergency departments and Urgent Care settings, the consultants will also oversee the short stay observation model, which helps prevent inpatient admissions and is associated with reduced average length of stay, reduced hospital costs and high levels of parental satisfaction.

Eligibility Criteria
Professional Qualifications and Experience:
a) Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of emergency medicine
and
b) Two years postgraduate training and experience in related paediatric specialties of which one year must be full time in paediatric emergency medicine.
or
a) Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of paediatrics
and
b) Two years postgraduate training and experience in related emergency specialties of which one year must be full time in paediatric emergency medicine.

Competition Specific Selection Process:
The criteria for short listing are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and/or the essential & desirable knowledge, skills and competencies section of this job specification.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process

To apply for this position, please send a CV together with the names and email addresses of three referees, two to be recent.

The closing date for submissions of CV’s is 11:45pm on Sunday, 1st December 2024. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

Informal enquiries to:
Dr Paddy Fitzpatrick,
Clinical Specialty Lead for Paediatric Emergency Medicine,
Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street.
Phone: 01-8784200

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Cillian Gibbons, HR Recruitment Specialist at cilliangibbons@childrenshealthireland.ie